The course consists of three main parts: basic knowledge of GIS, the Swedish taxation and real estate database structure, and various GIS analyses using information from these databases to perform mass valuation as well as market analysis, real estate valuation and credit assessment.
The first part of the course deals with raster and vector data structure, relational database structure for handling geographic information, map projections and reference systems, and simple GIS analysis. The second part of the course deals with different ways to model real estate information with focus on the Swedish taxation and real estate databases, as well as different standards for handling real estate information. In addition, the legal and economic aspects concerning building and maintaining a real estate database is also included. In the last part of the course, GIS is used for mass valuation, market analysis, real estate valuation and credit assessment.